The author begins with an examination of four important functions that education serves in society. Education is expected to (1) socialize people and transmit culture and tradition; (2) train, select, and place individuals in society; (3) facilitate innovation and change; and (4) develop social and political skills. Thus, education seeks to transmit specific cognitive skills and to train individuals in their moral and civic responsibilities. The author points out that the goals of education in society are also the goals of correctional education. However, education is not given a high priority in many prison settings, although criminal behavior for many inmates is the result of socioeconomic and educational deprivation and inadequate moral development. The author believes that Fogel's Justice Model enables prison management to support correctional education fully. The Justice Model emphasizes serving the sentence and not rehabilitation, sees the prisoners as responsible for developing their own programs, and grants little discretion to prison personnel. The author argues that implementation of the Justice Model would result in the identification of education as one of the top priorities in prison administration. This would result, he says, in an orderly, secure, and just prison life. 13 references.